By Tony Veneziano, World of Outlaws PR Director
Just as in 2006, Donny Schatz can count on one hand the number of times he has looked at the World of Outlaws championship standings over the course of the season. He has stressed countless times how important it is to continue winning race and that the points will take care of themselves.
This was evident again on Saturday night, as he led all 35 laps en route to winning the inaugural Dave Helm Memorial at Thunderbowl Raceway in Tulare, California, as he continues to closes in on his second consecutive World of Outlaws title.
Schatz started on the pole and jumped to an early lead, battling a rough race track and an early charge from California native Ronnie Day and a late charge from Jason Sides and Tim Kaeding. Schatz used a strong restart after a caution with two laps to go, to claim the $10,000 top prize for his series leading 19th A-Feature win of the season and the 70th of his World of Outlaws career, which puts him in a tie with Dave Blaney for sixth on the all-time win list.
“It was a good night,” said Schatz, driver of the ParkerStore J&J. “The race track was very wet and a little rough. That’s not really my style anymore. I’m a little bit older than 18, back when I was 18, I thought that was fun. We have really been working on our short track program. Any time that you get to victory lane is great and we are excited to be here.”
Early in the race, Schatz maintained a slight lead over Day, who closed the gap on the seventh lap as the pair entered heavy lapped traffic. While Schatz was running the high side of the track in traffic, Day looked low a couple of times exiting the third and fourth turns, but did not have enough momentum to make the pass. The caution flew on the eighth lap, giving the leaders a clear race track ahead of them.
“I was having a tough time going through lapped traffic,” explained Schatz. “I think everyone was about the same speed at the end of the race. When the fuel load comes off the cars, sometimes they get a little bit tighter. There was so much mud on everything that is was getting to be a handful. I slammed the framerail in the race track coming off (turn) three with one to go and I saw the mud fall off and I hoped that nothing would fall off this thing.”
On the ensuring restart, Schatz jumped to a four car length lead as the pair entered the first and second turns. At this time, Jason Sides began to close on Day and worked on the veteran driver, slipping around him on the 19th lap to move into the runner-up spot.
Sides quickly began to close in on Schatz in lapped traffic, with Day and Tim Kaeding right behind him. With less than 10 laps to go, the Top-Five were all under a blanket. Kaeding got around Day on the 24th lap to move into third, before the caution flew two laps later.
Schatz used a strong restart to pull away from Sides and Kaeding, when the caution flew with two laps to go. Again Schatz used a strong restart to jump to a comfortable lead, while Kaeding tried one last time to get around Sides, with the latter holding on for the second position.
For Sides, the runner-up finish was his best career result at the high-banked 1/3-mile. The 2003 Kevin Gobrecht Rookie of the Year started third after a strong run in the Crane Cams Dash and earned his 22nd Top-10 finish of the season.
“Second place is a good strong run here,” said Sides, driver of the Wetherington Tractor Services Maxim. “We have never finished in the Top-Five here. Any time we can run second to Donny (Schatz) and in front of (Tim) Kaeding at his home track is good for us. We’ll take it and go to Phoenix (Manzanita Speedway) and Perris (Auto Speedway) and hopefully keep it up.”
Kaeding who won the last World of Outlaws event at Thunderbowl Raceway on February 23, finished third, after starting seventh and getting around Jason Meyers on the eighth lap and then Kerry Madsen a lap later to move into the Top-Five, before setting his sights on Tim Shaffer.
“It was a great weekend for us,” said Kaeding, driver of the Tom Rolfe Trucking Maxim. “We did what we needed to do and that was run up front with these guys. We probably could have been a lot freer to get around these guys. We’ll go down to Perris next week and hopefully have some fun again.”
Ronnie Day finished second in the Crane Cams Dash to earn the outside front row starting position for the Dave Helm Memorial. Despite being under the weather all week long, he endured the rough track conditions to score a very strong fourth-place finish aboard the Ridgeline Framing Maxim.
“We’ll take it,” said Day. “That was a tough race. The track was sticky all night. We made big moves on the race car to try and make it better. The race car was a lot better than I was. I have had the flu all week and I felt kind of puny there at the end of the race. My chest was pretty heavy, but that’s no excuse. We should have run second and gave it away a little bit. Racing with these guys, you can’t give them an inch. It’s nice to run in the Top-Five with them.”
Kerry Madsen was fifth on Saturday night in the event honoring his late car owner. After winning the second heat in convincing fashion, he started fifth in the Crane Cams Dash and finished in that same spot in the dash and eventually in the A-Feature, to earn his 21st Top-10 finish of the season.
Tim Shaffer was sixth aboard the Casey’s General Store Maxim, with Jason Meyers in seventh in the Primerica Financial Maxim. Steve Kinser overcame some bad luck early in the night to finish eighth in the Q Oil Maxim, after winning the B-Main. Joey Saldana was ninth in the Open Joist JEI, with Craig Dollansky 10th in the Karavan Trailers Maxim.
Schatz made one of the best moves of the night on the last lap of the fourth heat, as he got around Terry McCarl to finish second and earn one of the Top-Eight spots in the Crane Cams Dash. Had he finished third in that, he would have lined up ninth for the Dash, but after finishing second, he was one of the eight drivers that got to draw for their starting position in the dash.
“I knew I was faster than Terry (McCarl) and waited until the right moment and got around him,” Schatz said. “Anytime you get in the dash draw, you can be one-through eight. When you are the last car to draw, as we were tonight, you get whatever number is left over and tonight it happened to be a one. That was a little bit of luck on our side and you have to have that too.”
Schatz was quick to credit his crew for their hard work throughout the night. He was fast early in the night, turning in the fourth quickest lap in time trials to earn two bonus points in the championship standings. Couple with Saldana’s ninth-place finish, Schatz now has over a 100 point lead in the World of Outlaws championship standings with four events remaining on the 2007 schedule.
“We played around with the car a little and made it a little better than it was in the heat race for the dash,” said the native of Fargo, North Dakota. “We analyzed all the data from earlier in the night and probably didn’t have as good of a car as we wanted in the feature, but we learned from our mistakes.”
Sides ran in the Top-Three all night long and on several occasions was very close to battling for the lead. He was glad to see the late caution fly, giving him one more chance to try and pass Schatz.
“I preferred the bottom at the start of the A-Feature and it worked out well for us,” said Sides. “We were good running on the bottom. I got under Ronnie (Day) there and though we had a chance at (Donny) Schatz). I thought he may run to the top and in lapped traffic I could try the bottom, but it didn’t work out for us.”
Toward the latter part of the race, Sides along with most every other driver was careful not to make any bold moves, knowing how rough the track. On several occasions he pulled wheelies off the fourth turn, getting several feet into the air.
“Once we got to traffic it was tough to pass,” he noted. “We got in line and followed the leader. You didn’t want to get out of line and make a mistake and get passed.”
Kaeding made one last run at Sides on the restart with two laps to go, but could not quite make the pass. The third-generation driver passed several strong cars though as he came from seventh to finish third.
“I just got down there a little too much and the thing got away from me,” said Kaeding. “I didn’t want to jeopardize a decent finish over one spot that I didn’t think I could get. We’ve been struggling the last couple of races with the 410 (engine) deal, so I am just glad to roll the thing in the trailer.”
It was a bittersweet night for Day. While he was pleased to finish in the Top-Five in one of only a handful of starts with the World of Outlaws this season in the Golden State, he was left to ponder what may have happened if there would have been a couple more long stretched of green flag racing. Early in the race, he was able to keep pace with Schatz in traffic.
“I was hoping for lapped traffic, because how we had our car I could move to the top and see if I could get around them,” said the veteran driver. “Every time we got to them, we would get in a lap or two and the yellow would come out and bunch everyone up. We never really got a shot at Donny (Schatz), but he did a heck of a job and deserved to win.”
After taking part in a tribute to Dave Helm earlier in the night, Madsen finished a very solid fifth at his team’s home track.
“I think we had a pretty good car in the feature and I made a mistake and dropped back,” said Madsen, driver of the Selma Shell Maxim. “I got back to fifth. Some times you get track conditions like that and you just have to make the best of it. All in all it was a good result and we are pretty happy with that.”
The World of Outlaws return to action on Friday, October 19 at Manzanita Speedway in Phoenix, Arizona.
DAVE HELM MEMORIAL AT THUNDERBOWL RACEWAY NOTEBOOK
• PAYING TRIBUTE: Prior to heat race action on Saturday night, a tribute to Dave Helm, who passed away in February, was held on the front straightaway at Thunderbowl Raceway. Several drivers and crew members that had driven for and worked with the Selma Shell Racing team gathered, along with members of the Helm family, who were presented plaques by the staff of Thunderbowl Raceway. Kerry Madsen, the current driver of the Selma Shell 11H also turned a number of laps in honor of the long time and well respected car owner, who hailed from Selma, California just 30 miles from Thunderbowl Raceway.
• FAST QUALIFIER: Paul McMahan paced the 42 cars that took time with an AMB i.t. timed lap around the high-banked 1/3-mile oval in 13.633seconds at 87.934 mph. For his qualifying effort, McMahan earned five bonus points. The next four fastest qualifiers also earned bonus points, including: Jason Meyers (4), Joey Saldana (3), Donny Schatz (2) and Steve Kinser (1).
• QUALIFYING WINNERS: Tim Shaffer, Kerry Madsen, Sam Hafertepe Jr. and Jason Sides won heat races… Charlie Loudon won the C-Main… Steve Kinser won the B-Main … Donny Schatz won the Crane Cams Dash.
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There have been 71 World of Outlaws A-Feature events held in 2007. The win list includes: Donny Schatz (February 9 at Volusia Speedway Park, March 3 at Manzanita Speedway, March 16 at Houston Raceway Park, April 28 at Knoxville Raceway, May 17 at Williams Grove Speedway, May 18 at Williams Grove Speedway, May 25 at The Dirt Track @ Lowe’s Motor Speedway, June 25 at Black Hills Speedway, July 3 at Huset’s Speedway, July 14 at Eldora Speedway, July 18 at Lernerville Speedway, July 19 at Williams Grove Speedway, July 21 at Williams Grove Speedway, August 19 at Castrol Raceway, September 12 at Clay County Speedway, September 14 at Heartland Park Topeka, September 29 at Williams Grove Speedway, October 6 at Princeton Speedway and October 13 at Thunderbowl Raceway), Joey Saldana (February 23 at Thunderbowl Raceway, March 17 at Pike County Speedway, March 24 at Volunteer Speedway, March 31 at Dixie Speedway, April 20 at Attica Raceway Park, June 5 at Kokomo Speedway, June 9 at Eagle Raceway, June 29 at River Cities Speedway, July 7 at I-55 Raceway, August 29 at Cottage Grove Speedway, September 8 at Silver Dollar Speedway and September 21 at Eldora Speedway), Steve Kinser (March 2 at USA Race Park, April 21 at Tri-State Speedway, May 15 at Lernerville Speedway, May 20 at New Egypt Speedway, May 28 at Rolling Wheels Raceway Park, June 1 at Sharon Speedway, June 20 at Missouri State Fair Speedway, July 13 at Eldora Speedway and August 17 at Castrol Raceway), Daryn Pittman (February 11 at Volusia Speedway Park, May 5 at Riverside International Speedway, June 23 at Dodge City Raceway Park, August 14 at Nodak Speedway, September 16 at Charter Raceway Park and September 26 at Orange County Fair Speedway), Danny Lasoski (April 6 at Paducah International Raceway, May 23 at Grandview Speedway, June 14 at Tri-City Speedway, September 1 at Calistoga Speedway and September 2 at Calistoga Speedway), Jason Meyers (April 13 at Eldora Speedway, May 11 at U.S. 36 Raceway, June 22 at Dodge City Raceway Park and July 22 at Lebanon Valley Speedway), Craig Dollansky (May 12 at Lake Ozark Speedway, July 27 at I-96 Speedway and August 25 at Skagit Speedway), Jac Haudenschild (June 30 at Red River Valley Speedway and July 11 at Limaland Motorsports Park), Terry McCarl (June 16 at Knoxville Raceway and July 28 at K-C Raceway), Paul McMahan (June 2 at Eldora Speedway and July 1 at Cedar Lake Speedway), Tim Kaeding (February 24 at Thunderbowl Raceway), Brian Leppo (July 20 tat Williams Grove Speedway), Kerry Madsen (February 10 at Volusia Speedway Park), Jason Sides (July 25 at Ohsweken Speedway), Jason Solwold (August 3 at Charter Raceway Park), Shane Stewart (August 27 at Grays Harbor Raceway) and Brooke Tatnell (August 24 at Skagit Speedway).
• PRELIMINARY FEATURE WINNERS: There have been three World of Outlaws preliminary feature events held in 2007. The winners were: Jonathan Allard (September 6 at Silver Dollar Speedway), Chad Layton (September 28 at Williams Grove Speedway) and Joey Saldana (September 7 at Silver Dollar Speedway).
• 1/3-MILE WINNERS: Thunderbowl Raceway is a high-banked 1/3-mile oval. The World of Outlaws have raced 10 times this season on a track that size. The winners include: Joey Saldana (Thunderbowl Raceway, Attica Raceway Park, Eagle Raceway and I-55 Raceway), Craig Dollansky (Lake Ozark Speedway), Tim Kaeding (Thunderbowl Raceway), Danny Lasoski (Grandview Speedway), Daryn Pittman (Charter Raceway Park), Donny Schatz (Thunderbowl Raceway) and Jason Solwold (Charter Raceway Park).
: The World of Outlaws will be televised 20 times this season on ESPN2 and SPEED while the World of Outlaws Late Model Series is set for six appearances on SPEED. The one-hour broadcasts will air on Sundays from May 13 to Nov. 3, when the series champions will be crowned LIVE ON SPEED during the World Finals from The Dirt Track @ Lowe’s Motor Speedway on November 3 from 8-11 p.m. Eastern..
The World of Outlaws on SPEED continues on Sunday, October 14 with the finale of the National Open from Williams Grove Speedway at 4 p.m. Eastern, 3 p.m. Central.
The Official World of Outlaws Web site is at http://www.worldofoutlaws.com. Among the features are updated driver biographies with individual statistics and pictures, race-by-race statistics, detailed track information and race coverage, series news and team press releases. Also, links to the Media Guide and 2007 Official Rulebook can be found at the bottom of the home page.
A return to Perris Auto Speedway on October 20. The inaugural Outlaws World Finals at The Dirt Track @ Lowe’s Motor Speedway on November 1-3, with the finale being broadcast LIVE in SPEED on Saturday, November 3 from 8-11 p.m. Eastern.
World of Outlaws Statistical Report; Dave Helm Memorial at Thunderbowl Raceway; Tulare, CA; Oct. 13, 2007
Qualifying
1) 20-Paul McMahan 13.633
2) 14-Jason Meyers 13.661
3) 9-Joey Saldana 13.825
4) 15-Donny Schatz 13.896
5) 11-Steve Kinser 13.898
6) 7-Craig Dollansky 13.922
7) 83-Danny Lasoski 13.946
8) 10C-Jeremy Campbell 13.976
9) 6-Tim Shaffer 13.976
10) 11H-Kerry Madsen 14.001
11) 15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr. 14.040
12) 7S-Jason Sides 14.060
13) 10-Tim Kaeding 14.081
14) D1-Justin Henderson 14.086
15) 1-Ronnie Day 14.139
16) 24-Terry McCarl 14.141
17) O-Jonathan Allard 14.143
18) 83V-Kyle Larson 14.153
19) 11D-Jeff Delte 14.204
20) 1X-Randy Hannagan 14.207
21) R19-Jason Solwold 14.226
22) 5C-Chad Hillier 14.230
23) 21-Daryn Pittman 14.231
24) 71G-Garrett Ishii 14.282
25) 35-Jac Haudenschild 14.303
26) 6S-Brad Sweet 14.303
27) 17V-Danny Faria Jr. 14.308
28) 18T-Tony Bruce Jr. 14.310
29) 24C-Greg DeCaires 14.317
30) 7N-Roger Crockett 14.329
31) 22B-Ben Gregg 14.333
32) 29A-Jason Botsford 14.334
33) 8K-Chad Kemenah 14.335
34) 2-Brooke Tatnell 14.425
35) 83JR-Brandon Wimmer 14.475
36) X-Charlie Louden 14.567
37) 87-Mike Mossi 14.868
38) 23-Ken Fredenburg 14.878
39) 1HD-Shane Stewart 15.243
40) 7X-Myles Bishop 15.365
41) 4S-Dan Simpson 15.413
42) 22-Mason Moore 17.010
Heat 1 (10 Laps, top 5 finishers transferred to A-feature)
1) 6-Tim Shaffer
2) 10-Tim Kaeding
3) O-Jonathan Allard
4) 8K-Chad Kemenah
5) R19-Jason Solwold
6) 24C-Greg DeCaires
7) 11-Steve Kinser
8) 35-Jac Haudenschild
9) 4S-Dan Simpson
10) 20-Paul McMahan
Heat 2 (10 Laps, top 5 finishers transferred to A-feature)
1) 11H-Kerry Madsen
2) 14-Jason Meyers
3) 7-Craig Dollansky
4) D1-Justin Henderson
5) 6S-Brad Sweet
6) 2-Brooke Tatnell
7) 5C-Chad Hillier
8) 22-Mason Moore
9) 83V-Kyle Larson
10) 23-Ken Fredenburg
11) 7N-Roger Crockett
Heat 3 (10 Laps, top 5 finishers transferred to A-feature)
1) 15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr.
2) 1-Ronnie Day
3) 83-Danny Lasoski
4) 9-Joey Saldana
5) 21-Daryn Pittman
6) 1HD-Shane Stewart
7) 83JR-Brandon Wimmer
8) 11D-Jeff Delte
9) 17V-Danny Faria Jr.
10) 22B-Ben Gregg
Heat 4 (10 Laps, top 5 finishers transferred to A-feature)
1) 7S-Jason Sides
2) 15-Donny Schatz
3) 24-Terry McCarl
4) 10C-Jeremy Campbell
5) 1X-Randy Hannagan
6) 18T-Tony Bruce Jr.
7) 71G-Garrett Ishii
8) 29A-Jason Botsford
9) 7X-Myles Bishop
10) X-Charlie Louden
Crane Cams Dash (8 laps, finishing order determined first 10 starting positions of A-feature)
1) 15-Donny Schatz
2) 1-Ronnie Day
3) 7S-Jason Sides
4) 6-Tim Shaffer
5) 11H-Kerry Madsen
6) 14-Jason Meyers
7) 10-Tim Kaeding
8) 9-Joey Saldana
9) 7-Craig Dollansky
10) 15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr.
C-main (6 laps, top 2 finishers transferred to B-main)
1) X-Charlie Louden
2) 4S-Dan Simpson
3) 87-Mike Mossi [$125]
4) 7X-Myles Bishop [$125]
5) 22-Mason Moore [$125]
6) 23-Ken Fredenburg [$100]
7) 1HD-Shane Stewart [$100]
8) 7N-Roger Crockett [$100]
B-main (12 laps, top 4 finishers transferred to A-feature)
1) 11-Steve Kinser
2) 20-Paul McMahan
3) 35-Jac Haudenschild
4) 11D-Jeff Delte
5) 5C-Chad Hillier [$200]
6) 24C-Greg DeCaires [$180]
7) 83V-Kyle Larson [$175]
8) 18T-Tony Bruce Jr. [$160]
9) 17V-Danny Faria Jr. [$150]
10) 83JR-Brandon Wimmer [$150]
11) 2-Brooke Tatnell [$150]
12) 71G-Garrett Ishii [$150]
13) 22B-Ben Gregg [$150]
14) 4S-Dan Simpson [$150]
15) X-Charlie Louden [$150]
16) 29A-Jason Botsford [$150]
A-main (35 laps) – Starting Position [#]
1) 15-Donny Schatz[1] [$10,000]
2) 7S-Jason Sides[3] [$5,500]
3) 10-Tim Kaeding[7] [$3,200]
4) 1-Ronnie Day[2] [$2,800]
5) 11H-Kerry Madsen[5] [$2,500]
6) 6-Tim Shaffer[4] [$2,300]
7) 14-Jason Meyers[6] [$2,200]
8) 11-Steve Kinser[12] [$2,100]
9) 9-Joey Saldana[8] [$2,050]
10) 7-Craig Dollansky[9] [$2,000]
11) 20-Paul McMahan[11] [$1,500]
12) 83-Danny Lasoski[13] [$1,200]
13) 10C-Jeremy Campbell[14] [$1,100]
14) O-Jonathan Allard[17] [$1,050]
15) 35-Jac Haudenschild[22] [$1,000]
16) D1-Justin Henderson[15] [$900]
17) 21-Daryn Pittman[21] [$800]
18) 1X-Randy Hannagan[19] [$800]
19) R19-Jason Solwold[20] [$800]
20) 6S-Brad Sweet[23] [$800]
21) 11D-Jeff Delte[18] [$800]
22) 24-Terry McCarl[16] [$800]
23) 15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr.[10] [$800]
24) 8K-Chad Kemenah[24] [$800]
Lap Leaders: Donny Schatz 1-35
KSE Hard Charger Award: Jac Haudenschild
World of Outlaws Championship Standings Through October 13
Donny Schatz / 9932
Joey Saldana / 9825
Danny Lasoski / 9364
Daryn Pittman / 9326
Jason Meyers / 9306
Steve Kinser / 9258
Craig Dollansky / 9118
Paul McMahan / 9070
Tim Shaffer / 8908
Jason Solwold / 8905
2007 STAT ATTACK
There have been 71 World of Outlaws A-Feature events and three Preliminary Feature events this season.
A-Feature winners (17 different drivers) Rank – Driver, Hometown – Wins
1- #15 Donny Schatz, Fargo, ND – 19
2- #9 Joey Saldana, Brownsburg, IN – 12
3- #11 Steve Kinser, Bloomington, IN – 9
4- #21 Daryn Pittman, Owasso, OK – 6
5- #83 Danny Lasoski, Dover, MO – 5
6- #14 Jason Meyers, Clovis, CA – 4
7- -#7 Craig Dollansky, Elk River, MN – 3
8 -#35 Jac Haudenschild, Wooster, OH – 2
#24 Terry McCarl, Altoona, IA – 2
#20 Paul McMahan, Nashville, TN – 2
11- #11K Tim Kaeding, San Jose, CA – 1
#71 Brian Leppo, Spring Grove, PA – 1
#11H Kerry Madsen, St. Mary’s NSW – 1
#7S Jason Sides, Bartlett, TN – 1
#R19 Jason Solwold, Mt. Vernon, WA – 1
#1 Shane Stewart, Bixby, OK – 1
#2 Brooke Tatnell, San Souci, NSW – 1
Preliminary Feature winners (3 different drivers) Rank – Driver, Hometown – Wins
1- #0 Jonathan Allard, Chico, CA – 1
#25 Chad Layton, Harrisburg, PA – 1
#9 Joey Saldana, Brownsburg, IN – 1
Lap leaders, including A-features and preliminary features Car, driver, hometown – Total laps led (28 different drivers have led a lap)
#15 Donny Schatz, Fargo, N.D. – 438 laps
#9 Joey Saldana, Brownsburg, IN. – 384 laps
#11 Steve Kinser, Bloomington, IN – 283 laps
#21 Daryn Pittman, Owasso, OK – 222 laps
#7 Craig Dollansky, Elk River, MN – 164 laps
#83 Danny Lasoski, Dover, MO – 150 laps
#14 Jason Meyers, Clovis, CA – 125 laps
#35 Jac Haudenschild, Wooster, OH – 90 laps
#7S Jason Sides, Bartlett, TN – 77 laps
#R19 Jason Solwold, Mt. Vernon, WA- 71 laps
#11H Kerry Madsen, St. Mary’s, NSW – 56 laps
#6 Tim Shaffer, Aliquippa, PA – 45 laps
#20 Paul McMahan, Nashville, TN – 44 laps
#11K Tim Kaeding, San Jose, CA – 40 laps
#D1 Justin Henderson, Sioux Falls, SD – 38 laps
#0 Jonathan Allard, Chico, CA – 30 laps
#25 Chad Layton, Harrisburg, PA – 25 laps
#71 Brian Leppo, Spring Grove, PA – 25 laps
#2 Brooke Tatnell, San Souci, NSW – 23 laps
#5B Chad Blonde, Litchfield, MO – 22 laps
#22 Greg Hodnett, Thomasville, PA – 22 laps
#24 Terry McCarl, Altoona, IA – 21 laps
#1X Randy Hannagan, San Jose, CA – 18 laps
#15H Sam Hafertepe Jr., Sunnyvale, TX – 13 laps
#2 Brooke Tatnell, San Souci, NSW – 13 laps
#10C Jeremy Campbell, Moroe, MI – 7 laps
#2L Ed Lynch Jr., Apollo, PA – 3 laps
#1 Shane Stewart, Bixby, OK – 1 lap
Time trial leaders (29 different drivers) Rank – Driver, Hometown – Quick times
1 – #9 Joey Saldana, Brownsburg, IN – 11
2 – #20 Paul McMahan, Nashville, TN – 8
3 – #15 Donny Schatz, Fargo, ND – 6
#R19 Jason Solwold, Mt. Vernon, WA – 6
5 – #14 Jason Meyers, Clovis, CA – 5
6 – #11H Kerry Madsen, St. Mary’s, NSW – 3
#6T Tim Shaffer, Aliquippa, PA – 3
8 – #10C Jeremy Campbell, Monroe, MI – 2
#8K Zach Chappell, Talala, OK – 2
#1X Randy Hannagan, San Jose – 2
#29 Kenny Jacobs, Holmesville, OH – 2
#83 Danny Lasoski, Dover, MO – 2
#7S Jason Sides, Bartlett, TN – 2
14- #18T Tony Bruce Jr., Liberal, KS – 1
#17B Steven Buckwalter, Royersford, PA – 1
#89 Cody Darrah, Red Lion, PA – 1
#7 Craig Dollansky, Elk River, MN – 1
#35 Jac Haudenschild, Wooster, OH – 1
#D1 Justin Henderson, Sioux Falls, SD – 1
#5C Chad Hillier, Burlington, WA – 1
#3X Chad Kemenah, Findlay, OH – 1
#11 Steve Kinser, Bloomington, IN – 1
#2L Ed Lynch Jr., Apollo, PA – 1
#36 Jason Martin, Liberal, KS – 1
#8MChris Meleason, Carlisle, PA – 1
#21 Daryn Pittman, Owasso, OK – 1
#19 Stevie Smith, New Oxford, PA – 1
#33E Evan Suggs, Scotts Valley, CA – 1
#5W Lucas Wolfe, Mechanicsburg, PA – 1
Track records established during 2007 World of Outlaws events (13)
* Craig Dollansky, March 2, United Sports Arizona Race Park (3/8-mile), Tucson, AZ, 12.624 seconds at 106.939 mph.
* Kerry Madsen, March 3, Manzanita Speedway (1/2-mile), Phoenix, AZ, 15.255 seconds at 118.149 mph.
* Joey Saldana, March 16, Houston Raceway Park (1/4-mile) Baytown, TX, 11.996 seconds at 75.025 mph.
* Joey Saldana, March 24, Volunteer Speedway (4/10-mile) Bulls Gap, TN, 11.696 second at 123.119 mph.
* Jason Solwold, May 5, Riverside International Speedway (1/4-mile) West Memphis, AR, 11.060 seconds at 81.374 mph.
* Zach Chappell, June 14, Tri-City Speedway (3/8-mile) Pontoon Beach, IL, 12.174 seconds at 110.892 mph.
* Danny Lasoski, July 25, Ohsweken Speedway (3/8-mile) Ohsweken, ON, Canada, 12.944 seconds at 104.925 mph.
* Donny Schatz, August 14, Nodak Speedway (3/8-mile) Minot, ND, 13.331 seconds at 101.268 mph.
* Paul McMahan, August 17, Castrol Raceway (3/8-mile) Edmonton, AB, 12.875 seconds at 104.854 mph.
* Donny Schatz , August 19, Castrol Raceway (3/8-mile) Edmonton, AB, 12.693 seconds at 106.358 mph.
* Joey Saldana, August 29, Cottage Grove Speedway (1/4-mile) Cottage Grove, OR, 9.991 seconds at 90.081 mph.
* Jason Solwold, September 12, Clay County Speedway (3/8-mile) Spencer, IA, 13.659 seconds at 98.836 mph.
*Kerry Madsen, September 26, Orange County Fair Speedway (5/8-mile) 16.836 seconds at 133.642 mph.
Crane Cams Dash Winners (24 different winners) Rank – Driver, Hometown – Dash Wins
1- #15 Donny Schatz, Fargo, ND – 12
2 – #14 Jason Meyers, Clovis, CA – 8
3-#11 Steve Kinser, Bloomington, IN – 7
4- #7 Craig Dollansky, Elk River, MN – 6
#9 Joey Saldana, Brownsburg, IN – 6
6-# 21 Daryn Pittman, Owasso, OK – 5
7- #83 Danny Lasoski, Dover, MO – 4
#7S Jason Sides, Bartlett, TN – 4
9- #20 Paul McMahan, Nashville, TN – 3
#6 Tim Shaffer, Aliquippa, PA – 3
11- #2 Brooke Tatnell, San Souci, NSW – 2
12 – #0 Jonathan Allard, Chico, CA – 1
#5B Chad Blonde, Litchfield, MI – 1
#10C Jeremy Campbell, Monroe, MI – 1
#15H Sam Hafertepe Jr., Sunnyvale, TX – 1
#1X Randy Hannagan, San Jose, CA – 1
#35 Jac Haudenschild, Wooster, OH – 1
#D1 Justin Henderson, Sioux Falls, SD – 1
#22 Greg Hodnett, Thomasville, PA – 1
#29 Kenny Jacobs, Holmesville, OH – 1
#25 Chad Layton, Harrisburg, PA – 1
#11H Kerry Madsen, St Mary’s, NSW – 1
#4 Danny Smith, Danville, IN – 1
#R19 Jason Solwold, Mt. Vernon, WA – 1
Pole Positions (24 different drivers) Rank – Driver, Hometown – Poles
1- #15 Donny Schatz, Fargo, ND – 12
2- #14 Jason Meyers, Clovis, CA – 8
3-#11 Steve Kinser, Bloomington, IN – 7
4-#7 Craig Dollansky, Elk River, MN – 6
#9 Joey Saldana, Brownsburg, IN – 6
6 -#21 Daryn Pittman, Owasso, OK – 5
7- #83 Danny Lasoski, Dover, MO – 4
#7S Jason Sides, Bartlett, TN – 4
9 – #20 Paul McMahan, Nashville, TN – 3
#6 Tim Shaffer, Aliquippa, PA – 3
11- #2 Brooke Tatnell, San Souci, NSW- 2
12 –#0 Jonathan Allard, Chico, CA – 1
#5B Chad Blonde, Litchfield, MI – 1
#10C Jeremy Campbell, Monroe, MI – 1
#15H Sam Hafertepe Jr., Sunnyvale, TX – 1
#1X Randy Hannagan, San Jose, CA – 1
#35 Jac Haudenschild, Wooster, OH – 1
#D1 Justin Henderson, Sioux Falls, SD – 1
#22 Greg Hodnett, Thomasville, PA – 1
#29 Kenny Jacobs, Holmesville, OH – 1
#25 Chad Layton, Harrisburg, PA – 1
#11H Kerry Madsen, St. Mary’s, NSW – 1
#4 Danny Smith, Danville, IN – 1
#R19 Jason Solwold, Mt. Vernon, WA – 1
KSE Racing Products Hard Charger (21 drivers) Rank – Driver, Hometown
1 – #21 Daryn Pittman, Owasso, OK – 8
2- #35 Jac Haudenschild, Wooster, OH – 7
#15 Donny Schatz, Fargo, ND – 7
4- #11H Kerry Madsen, St. Mary’s, NSW – 5
5- #9 Joey Saldana, Brownburg, IN – 4
6- #11 Steve Kinser, Bloomington, IN – 3
7- #7 Craig Dollansky, Elk River, MN – 2
#24 Terry McCarl, Altoona, IA – 2
#20 Paul McMahan, Nashville, TN – 2
#14 Jason Meyers, Clovis, CA – 2
11 –#18T Tony Bruce Jr., Liberal, KS – 1
#25 Lance Dewease, Fayetteville, PA – 1
#D1 Justin Henderson, Sioux Falls, SD – 1
#5C Chad Hillier, Burlington, WA – 1
#69 Brent Kaeding, Campbell, CA – 1
#8K Chad Kemenah, Findlay, OH – 1
#6 Tim Shaffer, Aliquippa, PA – 1
#88 Todd Shaffer, Millertown, PA – 1
#19 Stevie Smith, New Oxford, PA – 1
#R19 Jason Solwold, Mt. Vernon, WA – 1
#X1Colby Weisz, Colfax, CA – 1
B-main Winners (39 different winners) Rank – Driver, Hometown – “B” Wins
1 –#15H Sam Hafertepe Jr., Sunnyvale, TX -5
#1X Randy Hannagan, San Jose – 5
#D1 Justin Henderson, Sioux Falls, SD – 5
#24 Terry McCarl, Altoona, IA – 5
5- #11D Dion Hindi, Albuquerque, NM – 4
6 – #10C Jeremy Campbell, Monroe, MI – 3
#11 Steve Kinser, Bloomington, IN – 3
#2 Brooke Tatnell, San Souci, NSW – 3
9- #8K Chad Kemenah, Findlay, OH – 2
#83 Danny Lasoski, Dover, MO – 2
#20 Paul McMahan, Nashville, TN – 2
#15 Donny Schatz, Fargo, ND – 2
#6 Tim Shaffer, Aliquippa, PA – 2
#4 Danny Smith, Danville, IN – 2
#8H Shane Stewart Bixbi, OK – 2
16 -#18T Tony Bruce Jr., Liberal, KS – 1
#24H- Rob Chaney, Wooster, OH – 1
#7N Roger Crockett, Medford, OR – 1
#1 Ronnie Day, Salinas, CA – 1
#30C Lance Dewease, Fayetteville, PA – 1
#11EH Marc Duperron, St. Albert, AB – 1
#30 Doug Esh, Lancaster, PA – 1
#35 Jac Haudenschild, Wooster, OH – 1
#5C Chad Hillier, Burlington, WA – 1
#22 Greg Hodnett, Thomasville, PA – 1
#11K Tim Kaeding, San Jose – 1
#91 Kasey Kahne, Enumclaw, WA – 1
#18 Steve Kilcup, Sedro Woolley WA – 1
#1K Herman Klein, Sacramento, CA – 1
#11H Kerry Madsen, St. Mary’s NSW – 1
#36 Jason Martin, Liberal, KS – 1
#14 Jason Meyers, Clovis, CA – 1
#51 Fred Rahmer, Salfordville, PA – 1
#9 Joey Saldana, Brownsburg, IN – 1
#7S Jason Sides, Bartlett, TN – 1
#R19 Jason Solwold, Mt. Vernon, WA – 1
# 39 TJ Stutts, Liverpool, PA – 1
#X1 Colby Wiesz Colfax, CA – 1
#1Z Dusty Zomer, Sioux Falls, SD -1
Crane Cams Engine Builder’s Challenge
Kistler Engines / 305
Shaver Engines / 305
Don Ott Racing Engines / 255 / -50
Chassis Builder’s Challenge
Maxim Chassis / 334
J&J Chassis / 314 / -20
